Kid Rock still hearts Mike Bouchard, but political fundraiser pushed back

AP File PhotosKid Rock and Mike Bouchard rock the mic(s).Four years after Kid Rock headlined a rally promoting Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard for the U.S. Senate, he's ready to reprise that role for Bouchard's gubernatorial campaign.

The artist formerly known as Bob Ritchie is expected to join the Republican candidate at an upcoming fundraiser in Birmingham.

It's just a matter of when.

The Oakland Press reports the fundraiser, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed. The campaign gave no specific reason, but said the show will go on at a future date.

“We will be having it, but not this Wednesday,” spokeswoman Kathryn Martin told the newspaper. “There’s a few dates floating out there.”

Bouchard's campaign stopped short of saying that Rock's appearance should be considered an endorsement, and as Kid Rock famously said during the 2008 presidential campaign, "I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics."